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Comment by netherbane

A silly 3% faster riding reward from killing this boss is hardly a 'bomb' item. Being able to move a tad bit faster may save you once or twice, or allow you to get to flags a bit faster or whatever your style may be, but it takes up a trinket slot. 3% is only a teaser. With the carrot, glove enchant, and spurs, you can recieve a total of 15% increased mount speed. Used with some very easy macros, you can even have all the item switch in and out of slots at you mount/dismount. So the only slot it wastes in an inventory slot. And I would hope you have plenty of those.

Trinkets cannot be swapped in combat, so in order to move a bit faster you are sacrificing something like a counterattack lodestone, blackhand's breath, eye of the beast or other useful-if-you-need-to-fight item.

I will certainly admit that being able to move a bit faster can be fun and useful at times, especially in PvP, but that does not make this quest reward 'da bomb'.

Useful, most certainly.

Worth getting if you are already planning on going thru Zul Farrak, but not if you are an engineer and already have a dozen other trinkets taking up space IMO. Certainly not the be all and end all that calling it a 'bomb' would imply.

I am almost inclined to use the older implication of the reward being a bomb - that is, something that blows up in your face and/or does not go as planned. Just my opinion of course.

As well, am I the only one that thinks it is very unbalanced of Blizzard for folks to need to quest against an entire city of level 48-52 elites in the Hinterlands in order to make the frikkin hammer to summon one level 46 elite in Tanaris????? For a dungeon that is mid-high 40's....that is a bugger of a hill to climb (literally - you climb 2 ziggurats in the hinterlands to get the mallet)...almost makes the actual run thru Zul Farrak anti-climactic

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Comment by FerdinandeZ

You need to summon gahz'rilla

How to summon:

First, you need to head to The Hinterlands. Go to the Altar of Zul. At the top are two elite mobs, Qiaga the Keeper and Morta'gya the Keeper. They should be no problem for a group of level 46+. The Sacred Mallet drops off of Qiaga.

Next, you need to go to Jintha'alor, namely, the altar at the top. You'll fight your way through level 45-50 elites on the long trek up. At the top is an ampitheater, with the Altar of Jintha'alor in the middle. On it is Elder Torntusk, a Horde NPC. After clearing the mobs, stand by the altar and right-click the Sacred Mallet. This will transform it into the Mallet of Zul'Farrak.

Notice that the mallet is very hard to get. Do this with a party

Comment by Maharn

The chain to summon Ghaz might seem pretty ludicrous, and indeed it is but it's not altogether worthless. As long as you get all the other Jintha'alor quests from Revantusk before you go, it's an incredibly rewarding run, better than a lot of instances IMO. I ran a 3-man all the way through and really enjoyed the whole thing, so even though Ghaz'rilla himself doesn't give any insane rewards for the most part, it's worth doing along with the other quests.

Comment by Resseneus

I'm surprised only one person mentioned the reference the Godzilla. Anyways, he is a fairly easy boss and is only worth doing if you find someone else with the Mallet. I just happened to have someone with the mallet in one of my groups.

Comment by Yossah

Mark this negative if you must but I ran Zul'Farrak just now with this quest upon me, and he didn't drop the Charged Scale of Gahz'Rilla. I don't know why, but it was either because I died during the fight(but I was still able to loot him once I got back from the dead), or I have to ring the gong on my own(My buddy rang it). If anyone knows the answer please tell me, it would be appriciated, I am baffled.

Comment by monio

how to move fast : 2 trinkets and needed - riding crop and carrot on a stick. u also need mithrilspurs and gloves enchant.Then u can nearly run as fast as a pala :)

Comment by tdurden101

I found that if you position the tank under the awning part of the corridor leading from the pyramid event, when ever he gets knocked up, that ceiling will stop his ascent instantly, ensuring he keeps aggro.

Comment by Shei77

I love icicle and when he stomps or uppercuts or wtvr he does and u jump in the air! :P be very careful cause it inflicts 500-800 damage!:)

i know this is off topic but:I am beastmaster hunter and have +8 speed on riding! also have mithril spurs, that trinket and i have around +78% on a White ram! am dwarf! :) its awesome! :P when i am 69 i will get the riding crop so i will have the enchant, the mithril spurs, the trinkets and the talents! about 130% with epic mount! :)))))this is a reply to the first post about the mount! :)ty

Comment by jpsmith2

Solo'd today with a lvl61 Fire Mage. Drank an Adept's Elixir prior to engaging and needed no healing or mana pots during the fight. Did use Slow Fall to counteract the fall from his slam when I got too far away from the wall. Ended up landing atop the wall, but he climbed up after me. Solo'd him yesterday with a lvl60 Resto Shaman using the same technique of backing up against the wall located on the far side of the pool behind Gahz'rilla. This way you only have to clear that end of the pool and the one basilisk patrol.

It should be noted that since the 2.3.0 patch the mobs around Jintha'Alor and The Altar of Zul in the Hinterlands are no longer elite. To get each of my 60's the Carrot on a Stick took a total of about 15 minutes, with the longest time spent flying between locations.

Comment by ferdinand

He has a massive AoE kick that sends everyone up in the air, so healers should kind of stay away from this guy. I fell in the water and still died, so overall I'd just stay far from him unless your a tank.

Comment by paulbarb

wen i was 46 on my war i tanked him and the ony reason i survied is because of my olaf's all purpose shield which kept me from dieing from his slam

Comment by Trius

To spawn this mosnter in Zulfarak you need this iteam http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=11435#comments:id=306206 but its only pick you need actived it in Hinterlands on coordinates 59 77 ON Jintha'Alor Altar i make it with druid at lvl 47 i always go prowling because there is monsters lvls 47-52 its dificult

Comment by polargorilla

Since he drops the threshadon ambergris, and the fang, he must be considered a threshadon for his loot. His skin is a hydra though.

EDIT: fight him in the water, as the knockback ability he does serves a nice plate of instant fatality to you. and sorry about the useless comment i wrote about of him being a threshadon.

Comment by Chillincold

As of 3.0.8 the mallet is BoP, no quest pre-requsit and unlimited use.

Comment by monkey256148

u dont need the mallet anymore

Comment by friedchicken17

Could not solo as a 52 sub rogue. only got him down to about 50% life. he hits too hard on my frail leather clad noggin.

Comment by piootr

I just tanked this guy(46 prot pally) for my party of 5 people. We took him down with little problem, and he only used his kick once. The thing I noticed, is that I was frozen, and the kick did not effect me.So the freezing is a sort of protection from the kick, in a sense. As long as your healers manage to avoid the kick, you should be fine.

Comment by HenryGold

luckily you no longer require the hammer of zul furrak to bring this boss out which saves alot of running around but you should still be careful on this boss as he can be hard if people are not careful about where they stand and if you have not yet cleared most of the mobs around the area.

Comment by BeastPredator

What's all of this talk about summoning? Don't you just bang the gong?

Comment by Leishai

"Long ago, when trolls used to occupy the land of Tanaris, they built up Zul'Farrak, the sand troll city in Tanaris, with a sacred pool. From that pool the trolls summoned the huge hydra Gahz'rilla, so fierce that even his scales crackle with energy. The trolls worshipped him as a deity, but the summoning of Gahz'rilla is a well-kept secret of the trolls. Gahz'rilla is said to be a demigod.Large amounts of ornaments have been modeled after the beast Gahz'rilla. These ornaments are called "Gahz'ridian", after the hydra demigod."

Comment by Myrrmi

I have just soloed Zul'Farrak on my lvl6x huntress yesterday, with this one being the first I did there, and I've got to say that this is the one boss I'll surely remember for a while.

This was my first visit in this dungeon (fresh wow meat) and (of course, how else) I haven't read any guides...First, I was really impressed when I first saw it emerge from the water - just like the original godzilla. Then... well... let's just say that I was really happy that I was farming for rep and had cleared all the thash around and all the way to the enterrance. Even though, every time when it felt like swithing aggro...

Popping spirit of the cheetah and running away as fast as I can from a HUGE beast, while hoping I won't get hit by any ranged attack it might have and that my pet will manage to regain aggro before it's too late = PRICELESS

Perhaps the connection between Outland and Azeroth via the Old Gods is indeed a viable theory. Or perhaps the Naga and Blood Elves brought it over with them?

Both theories are merely speculation at the moment. It is just food for thought for the lore-hounds.

Comment by Mellro

Funny thing is that he more closely resembles the 3-headed dragon King Ghidorah, who is one of Godzilla's arch-nemeses... I'm sure Blizzard may have named a 3-headed hydra after Godzilla as a more subtle inside joke, although it's most likely just a coincidence.

Comment by sevenslacks7

Most racist boss in the game?

Comment by Rekira

As of 6.0 this guy is tameable. You do not need to be a beastmaster to tame him.

Comment by Drakratos

As of today I have tamed Gahz'rilla. She is beautiful, sexy and strong. Luv her <3

Comment by DanJack

Gahz'rilla is now a legendary card in Hearthstone, in the Goblins and Gnomes Expansion.Gahz'rilla